Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini

Silvano Lodi, Munich;
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 10 March  1978, lot 65;
Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby Parke-Bernet, 12 January 1979, lot 141;
There purchased by Paul H. Ganz, New York;
His estate sale, New York, Sotheby's 4 June 1987, lot 114;
There purchased by the present collector. 

The Cleveland Museum of Art, European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries: A Catalogue of Paintings, 1982, p. 385, under cat. no. 170;
G. Knox, Antonio Pellegrini, Oxford 1995, p. 249, cat. no. P.315.

Canvas is relined and stable. The surface is clean and the painting is presentable. The paint surface has been somewhat pressed in the aforementioned relining, however detail remains very good, coloration is strong and painting reads well. Under UV light: there is some retouching in the orange drapery of the figure at lower right, on the column at upper center, and some scattered in the sky. Overall, the figures look good with only a few minor retouches here and there. This painting could be hung as is. Offered in an elaborately carved and gilt wood frame.
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Another version of this composition is located in the Cleveland Museum of Art.